Teardrop over Peoria, AZ
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The report, as filed
I was on my back patio, which backs to open desert and a dam about a quarter mile to the north behind my house. I looked up and couldn't believe my eyes. There was a large craft facing due west, perfectly stationary and completely silent, at most about a mile away and approximately 1000 feet high. It seemed to have a large window in front. The craft was shaped somewhat like the B 2 Spirit bomber from the side but l couldn't tell what the back of the object looked like. The object was silver, lighter in color than in my sketch. I didn't have a light silver marker. The red and black colors are for contrast. I estimate the size to be roughly 250 to 300 feet long, based on the 50' to 60' hot air balloons that frequent the area. It was the size of 5 or 6 hot air balloons if they were laid side by side. After observing the craft for several seconds, it produced a mist that engulfed the craft from back to front and made it disappear. It did not fly off at all, just blended into the background sky and literally vanished. The area behind us is also used for training flights from Luke Air Force Base, which is several miles south of us. There were no other aircraft or hot air balloons in the area at the time. I come from an Air Force family, and while personally I never served, l enjoy air shows and have a fascination with aircraft. I've never seen an aircraft that could sit silently and stationary in the air and has the ability to cloak itself. I just learned about NUFORC or would have reported this sooner. I am familiar with the aircraft that fly out here. I only use the B 2 Spirit as a comparison but it was not a B 2, just somewhat similarly shaped from a side view, but with no engine ports or any visible means of propulsion. The Spirit bomber cannot sit silently and motionlessly in the air, nor can it simply vanish. There was what appeared to be a window, but no lights. The mist only appeared right before it vanished; it was perfectly clear for the several seconds l observed it, prior to the mist appearing.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #177893). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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